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RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 10:27 am
by Telemecus
ORIGINAL: Huw Jones
1 Pioneer unit.
1 SPG unit
1 Flak battalion
But very battered SUs are sent back to OKH for refitting, so shove in whats available at the time.
I do not necessarily agree with putting an SPG with a Panzer division as default. Definitely yes with a motor infantry as you are putting a different kind of SU to its directly assigned unit (something with a big gun to one without). With a Panzer division you are adding SUs of the same type as the parent unit. Yes it is great for making a very high CV counter - and there may be very good reasons for doing that operationally. But overall your army will be slightly less powerful. And while those MG and bike recon battalions may not be very powerful in CV, they are complementary to the Panzer divisions when it comes to battle resolution going from longest to shortest range. In short they can do more attached to a Panzer division than they can anywhere else. So I would say as default do not directly assign SPGs to Panzer divisions. And it goes without saying keep flame tank units out of any motorised formations.
RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 8:10 pm
by Huw Jones
ORIGINAL: Telemecus
ORIGINAL: Huw Jones
1 Pioneer unit.
1 SPG unit
1 Flak battalion
But very battered SUs are sent back to OKH for refitting, so shove in whats available at the time.
I do not necessarily agree with putting an SPG with a Panzer division as default. Definitely yes with a motor infantry as you are putting a different kind of SU to its directly assigned unit (something with a big gun to one without). With a Panzer division you are adding SUs of the same type as the parent unit. Yes it is great for making a very high CV counter - and there may be very good reasons for doing that operationally. But overall your army will be slightly less powerful. And while those MG and bike recon battalions may not be very powerful in CV, they are complementary to the Panzer divisions when it comes to battle resolution going from longest to shortest range. In short they can do more attached to a Panzer division than they can anywhere else. So I would say as default do not directly assign SPGs to Panzer divisions. And it goes without saying keep flame tank units out of any motorised formations.
MG and bike recon battalions
Good info on the MG and bike recon battalions, I will remember that.
As the Russians like to air attack the Panzer Divs, I like to keep an AA SU battalion attached, some just have flak companies though.
Pioneer SU for offensive or defensive reasons.
BUT my thoughts are up to blizzard, that the Panzer Divs are doing most of the fighting, so I want the highest CV possible. So will just take a slightly weaker army elsewhere as I feel that is cancelled out by stronger Panzer divs.
RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 12:19 pm
by Dinglir
Turn twelwe.
As I have begun seeing writing AAR's as a boring chore rather than as an interesting part of the game, I decided at this point to stop writing them for now.
The game has moved on, and we are currently at turn 17. The Red army is at 3.9 mio men and the Germans are threatening Leningrad, Moscow, Voronezh and Rostov.
RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Fri Jun 21, 2019 1:07 pm
by Telemecus
It will be sad to miss your AARs here as they have contributed much. I guess partly people are now holding fire on WitE1 games with the shadow of upcoming WitE2. So there is not as much interaction as there once was.
Perhaps even if not a comprehensive turn by turn coverage you could fill us in on interesting ideas or developments. Or the occasional situational screenshot every few turns?
RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:05 pm
by 56ajax
ORIGINAL: Dinglir
Turn twelwe.
As I have begun seeing writing AAR's as a boring chore rather than as an interesting part of the game, I decided at this point to stop writing them for now.
The game has moved on, and we are currently at turn 17. The Red army is at 3.9 mio men and the Germans are threatening Leningrad, Moscow, Voronezh and Rostov.
Thanks for the comprehensive AAR's but totally understand your decision to stop. Where do you get the time? At times playing the game is a chore enough...
RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Sat Jun 22, 2019 10:09 pm
by 56ajax
ORIGINAL: Telemecus
It will be sad to miss your AARs here as they have contributed much. I guess partly people are now holding fire on WitE1 games with the shadow of upcoming WitE2. So there is not as much interaction as there once was.
Perhaps even if not a comprehensive turn by turn coverage you could fill us in on interesting ideas or developments. Or the occasional situational screenshot every few turns?
I think WiTE2 is not coming till 2020 so it's a long time to hold fire.
I was hoping for a new patch that may alleviate some of the current Soviet issues, like the experience defect.
RE: Der Ivan kommt!
Posted: Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:45 pm
by EwaldvonKleist
Sorry to hear that, although I understand one quickly burns out writing these reports-maybe just short updates with 1-2 lines of commentary?